Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-12
BARBER WISDOM.
from an Observer Who Has Shaved
folp u,s Fellows for Thirty Years.

.,-ted 81 his trade over thirty years.
IS "ooosisst men TO shave are fat men.
"Ils 90 a man is the less work il is for
Ils - p 70 shave him. 1t is not the size
oN1sn,s face so much or the strength
d '115srd as the chance barber has to
- ;. When man is thin and the
e. - his face stick out at angles
OLE must De careful OF he-will run his
2No. enough the skin by trying 10 cut
o. nv and vide stroke. With Q thin
~ - must g along q little st time,
~1I IN fist man ne takes heavy razor
FL. eide edge and mows the beard c ff
F.-~o1rs sre not easy 10 shave well. The
On their face has no strength, and
-'-- -s17- glldes over it without taking it
= n the barber leaves patches which
- Ism. w. notice The sharper o razor
~ worse It is TO shave fuzz with it. It
some time for the fGZz to tougher,
mil il tOughens and has some re-
'- ". 10 i the barber is bothered in
I'M Il IS not so much the strength
I.1a 1esrd that causes trouble in shay
t-e.it is the tenderness of the skin.
- sg;1 Of boys and young men is more
- than the skin Of older men. That
.ras the barber take more care to avoid
- -...arr through. a tough beard on q
..--7 ,9ce is not 50 bad as an easy beard
- senderface
md boards are worst. ] do not mean
,.5r-n boards I have an auburn beard
-rs.ff out those red boards that grow
=. Ike wire snd have thin skin under
I'm There sre black boards that are
.-.--r1 as those wiry red ones, bat
hi h !
-.-rgb skin. and you can NOW the hair
- hin, while red bearded men have
-.rEv skins 1t is better to have the
,.oe barber shave you, on account of the
-.,1'isrities Of hair and skin that every
IAN rs. The hair Of the face does not
-.oV IN an even grain, and no barber
-, saaves you the first time will take it
:. right. II YOU have q tough skin, i'm
---7er shaving will not matter so much;
MI YOUR skin is tender, little plmples
III break out where the razor went the
v-7rr wsv Then, 8 barber becomes &C
-7,iDted with the soft and hard spots of
T1gr fsce, and makes allowances. 1t IS
-ater TO have 8 fairly good barber shave
-5u steadily than TO change around
.nong the best.
Curly hair is easier to cut then straight
,s- 1ecause 1t is softer The softer and
-s4r hair Is the less work it is to cut it.
MIST people think thst curly hair is hard
cut, but that depends on the tough
less Of It. Some hair is so tough that it
.ents the scissors. The oftener hair is
nj. he harder it is TO cut it. Black or
red 1nlr is the hardest to cut, as the hair
stronger. Fair, curly hair is the easiest.
lis great deal with hair cutting as with
lsyng The barber who knows about
you will give you better satisfaction than
he h.Iyer who doesn't.
There is something about BARRIERS that
1sye often wondered over There are
-.-e bald BARRIERS in proportion than
tatre sre bald men IN any other business
lido not know why BARRIERS become bald
perhsns it is worry, or, more likely, it is
thought BARRIERS are great thinkers
Their toll 81 shaving or cutting hair is, to
scer;sin extent, mechanical, and 1t leaves
lie mind free. That may account for the
lumber Of bald BARRIERS, but | have never
zen a5le quite to explain it. BARRIERS
used TO wesr their HAIR long and take
--5st csTe in having each lock oiled and
.s,sialy curled, but only some OF the
ai-time BARRIERS do that now. The new
7.5srs have become dandies and wear
ter hair short. They are too careful
SPOUT their personal appearance.
preachers take more care Ct their hair
tlsn anybody else, and many Of them
Eesr long hair They have all kinds of
,ssT1S and hair, Just as other men, but
ley arrange their hair and boards differ
rltr Now, there isn't any man that
TJOldrather have shaved than IIenryWard
5:ecler. He had nice, fat, easy face
B-. Talmage-well he's too thin in the
Ice sGd his lower sw is not smooth
Saoag1. There &Te angles in the Jaw
-,aes, and Ia be afraid to scrape the
"I Of one of them Catholic priests
Sc seldom bald, especially the priests
Tlo have their tonsures shaved That
EeseTyes the hair on the top OF the head
io,eatant preachers usually wear long
-aI. A. Glass their hair is the longest.
Doctors are careful of their hair, but
-Aly Of them grow bald or gray. | have
AeoTy that grayness is caused by the
9sS OF lime and iron in the system and
-oc'ors must lose their iron and lime
4lCser thsn preachers. Some doctors
-lA Ii helps them in their practice if
~ey grow grsy young.
Brokers build lot on their personal
appearance, but they do not pay sufficient
A"tnuon TO their hair. They put it of
" 1elr BARRIERS instead of looking after
nell Aalr themselves A man must brush
- lslr often il he wishes it to look right
NCNer goes to 8 barber shop in the
morning to be shaved and has his hair
..4s1ed then, instead of looking sitter il
Himself.
newspaper men take less care of their
~ man men in any other business.
icy wear It cut short to save them the
~-5 snd trouble of brushing it. Men
~ WoTh on newspapers are a short
N'oTekeepers, except in the dry goods
IL, DO not wear short hair. The further
ne store YOU get the longer is the
49, worn The clerks and statesmen have
~" spruce hair, while the heads of the
,- -S could tickle their noses with their
0sGIenders and actors sre among the
-, ~ VINO frayel on their personal appear
nut they do not impart suff-
- Individuality TO their hair
's give the whole care
4eT head over to some bar
"1o possibly is not competent for the
4 man should take an interest in
,,.o oTn hslr. 1t is something to 2e
+, s4t over snd to be made something
~s.. man should try different strange
=. 80 =. VI MS hair and beard to see which
3. ,-e most becoming and should cen